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Moisturizers Increase
Skin Cancer in Mice

More research needed to judge effect on humans, dermatologists say

Daily Mail (UK) Daily Mail (UK) Aug 15, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Moisturizers used by millions around the world each day may increase skin cancer in mice, the Daily Mail reports. But many more tests are needed before researchers can draw conclusions about humans. In mouse experiments, animals primed to develop skin cancer were exposed to UV light. The moisturized mice developed non-melanoma cancers at a faster rate than the others, as well as twice as many tumors. More »

More about:  cancer • cancer research • skin cancer • Rutgers • cosmetics • carcinogens

Contrite Imus Returns to Air

Other than 2 black cohorts and a new policy on race, 'not much has changed'

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 3, 07 8:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Don Imus was broadcasting again this morning, eight months after being fired for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball team you-know-whats. His new cast sports two black comedians, and while Imus promised not to joke about racism, other than that “not much has changed,” he said. “Dick Cheney is still a war criminal, Hillary Clinton is still Satan, and I'm back on the radio.”  The guest roster included Imus vets John McCain and Chris Dodd. More »

More about:  Don Imus • Rutgers

Kickoff Brings High Hopes, Big Hype at Rutgers

No. 16 Scarlet Knights open with Buffalo after landmark 2006 showing

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 30, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Expectations are outpacing tickets sales as Rutgers, coming off perhaps its best season, kicks off its 2007 college football season tonight by hosting Buffalo. The Scarlet Knights enter the season as a ranked team—they're 16th—for the first time ever after going 11-2 and barely missing a major bowl. They even boast a Heisman Trophy candidate in junior halfback Ray Rice. More »

More about:  NCAA football • Buffalo Bills • Rutgers • Heisman Trophy

College Athletes Scrape for Cash for Low-Profile Sports

Cleaning and car washes fill funding gaps

New York Times New York Times Aug 24, 07 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Football and basketball squads are big money makers for colleges, but less popular spectator sports have trouble just staying afloat. How much trouble? Penn State's fencing team clears trash at the football stadium after games to earn funds for the team,  reports the New York Times . Star athletes at many other colleges also do menial tasks to raise money. More »

More about:  NCAA • college • soccer • Utah • athlete • swimming • Rutgers • college sports • Penn State • lacrosse • fencing

Imus Gets
$20M, Maybe a Comeback

DJ settles with
network after getting hose for 'hos'

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 14, 07 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shock Jock Don Imus may be returning to the airwaves, after a short vacation precipitated by a bit too much shock. Imus is reportedly in talks with WABC in what looks like a an embryonic attempt to launch a comeback, only four months after CBS fired him for calling the Rutgers womens basketball team "nappy-headed hos." More »

More about:  CBS • radio • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers • WABC

Fired Imus Meets Players

CNN CNN Apr 13, 07 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don Imus sat down with the Rutgers women’s basketball team last night, hours after he became a former radio star for calling them “nappy-headed hos.”  The meeting, which included their coaches and parents, took place at the New Jersey governor’s mansion, whose proprietor, Jon Corzine, was en route when he was seriously injured in a car crash. More »

More about:  CBS • racism • radio • New Jersey • Don Imus • Rutgers

Rutgers Coach Fires at Imus

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 10, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rutgers coach Vivian Stringer struck back at Don Imus in a press conference today, calling his comments " deplorable, despicable and unconscionable"—but confirming that her players will meet with the foul-mouthed radio host. Stringer says her players are "valedictorians, future doctors, musical prodigies," not the' "nappy-headed hos" Imus so artfully called them last week. More »

Imus Gets 2-Week Suspension

New York Times New York Times Apr 9, 07 8:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five days after characterizing the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed ho's," renegade radio personality  Don Imus received a two-week suspension from NBC News and CBS Radio, along with a mandate that he must change the tone of his show, the Times reported. Imus made a contrite appearance on "Keepin It Real," the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show. More »

More about:  media • NBC • CBS • radio • Don Imus • Jesse Jackson • Al Sharpton • women's college basketball • Rutgers

Imus, Sharpton Square Off

After "stupid" remarks from former and ire from latter, hosts
to meet on-air

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) -  Two of the loudest personalities on the FM dial will publicly brawl today when right-leaning mock jock Don Imus visits Al Sharpton’s syndicated show, days after characterizing the black-leaning Rutgers basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.” The always-vociferous Sharpton wants Imus fired, and Imus—no shrinking violet himself—will likely fight back. More »

More about:  media • sports • radio • Don Imus • Al Sharpton • Rutgers

Imus in Hot Water Again

Uses racial and gender inappropriate epithets to describe Rutgers women's basketball team

Washington Post Washington Post Apr 7, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Earlier this week during his syndicated show simulcast on MSNBC and CBS radio station WFAN Don Imus called the Rutgers Women's basketball team "nappy headed hoes," initiating a firestorm of criticism.  The politically incorrect shock jock now admits that his remarks were "inappropriate, thoughtless and stupid." More »

More about:  CBS • entertainment • radio • MSNBC • Don Imus • Rutgers

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